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Biden slams Republicans, firearms industry for crime wave as he calls for gun-control measures

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NEW YORK — President Biden blamed lax gun ownership laws Thursday for the crime wave hitting New York City and other communities, insisting that Second Amendment rights were never meant to be absolute but saying nothing about the progressive crime policies of new District Attorney Alvin Bragg that many here blame for the surge of violence in the city. In a meeting with New York Mayor Eric Adams and other Democratic officials, Mr. Biden criticized the “resistance” to gun control measures by Republicans in Congress, state legislatures, gun manufacturers and…

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Biden goes nuclear on the filibuster, Republicans but his ploy runs into Democratic resistance

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President Biden, in a major speech Tuesday, called for blowing up the Senate filibuster rules to fight what he says is a Republican assault on American democracy, but Sen. Joe Manchin III is again poised to derail the president’s plans. Mr. Biden, who served as a senator for 36 years, … The Washington Times stories: White House

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Poll: Majority of Republicans believe FBI is acting as Biden’s ‘personal Gestapo’

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More than half of Republican voters believe the FBI is acting as President Biden’s personal secret state police, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Rasmussen Reports survey showed that 61% of likely Republican voters believe the FBI is acting as Mr. Biden’s “Gestapo,” a term for the secret police … The Washington Times stories: White House

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Wisconsin Republicans’ Election Investigator Threatens To Jail Mayors Of Green Bay, Madison

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<p>An attorney leading an investigation of the 2020 elections for Wisconsin&#8217;s legislative Republicans has threatened to jail the mayors of Wisconsin’s second- and third-largest cities if they don&#8217;t meet his demands.</p> <p>The mayors, for their part, say the attorney is wildly distorting reality, and that their attempts to reach him have gone unanswered.</p> Talking Points Memo

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Schools Aren’t the Republicans’ Ticket to Victory

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Schools may not be the ticket to victory that a lot of Republicans hope they will be, despite what the top-line results of last night’s election seem to suggest. For the past several months, Glenn Youngkin has blanketed Virginia cable networks, mailboxes, and radio airwaves with advertisements about dysfunction in the state’s public schools. His Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, did not believe parents should have any say in what their children learned, Youngkin would declare. Meanwhile, he argued that Virginia students were being indoctrinated by what he and other Republicans…

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